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Da_NewAntOnTheBlock's Ant Journal (Discontinued)

Started By Da_NewAntOnTheBlock , Sep 29 2019 7:13 AM
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#161 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 7 2020 - 1:02 PM

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Are we talking about your formica right now? (sorry for slipping into this conversation :))


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#162 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 2:05 PM

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No, my Camponotus Pennsylvanicus (and it's fine)


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#163 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted March 7 2020 - 2:19 PM

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Any pictures?


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He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.

#164 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 3:39 PM

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no, but I'll get some soon


Edited by Da_NewAntOnTheBlock, March 7 2020 - 3:39 PM.

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#165 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 7 2020 - 4:33 PM

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No, my Camponotus Pennsylvanicus (and it's fine)

Thanks. It seems to me that camponotus can be pretty resistant to light. I have not really tried vibrations, but they are much less jumpy than formica, that is for sure(i am sure that you have noticed this :))


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#166 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 5:08 AM

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That's why I adore them lol, however Camponotus do still dislike vibrations which is why I was worried. Also,  The queen's antenna didn't move under light like they normally would which is also concerning...


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#167 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 10:12 AM

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I just caught a queen


:o I am the luckiest man alive right now lol :yahoo:


I'll take a pic later, I covered a test tube with something to block the light and within seconds she moved...This. Queen. Is. Amazing.


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#168 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 8 2020 - 10:25 AM

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Excellent! Prenolepis imparis??
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#169 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 10:58 AM

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Black, looks to have a stinger? is smaller than my Formica queen (like 3 fourths the size) and was in the same log as a amber colored queen. I think it's Lasius but I'm not sure...


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#170 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 11:01 AM

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oh yeah, her wing scars are an orangish yellow 


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#171 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 11:03 AM

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I also think she started to lay eggs because I was able to see her silhouette and she was bent over, with a tiny bit of her gaster above the substrate in her tube  


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#172 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 8 2020 - 11:14 AM

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Put an ID request with clear photos. My hunch would be a Lasius parasite.
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#173 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 8 2020 - 11:27 AM

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That is also what I was thinking. Also, you indeed are the luckiest man alive :D. So, ant collecting season had begun down there? Our lasius swarm in September.


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#174 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 11:41 AM

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It's not a parasite because 1.) it looks fully claustral (large midsection and gaster, smaller head compared to gaster, etc.) and I saw her silhouette in an egg laying position so I'm timid to check (sorry about no photos, I didn't think she would do any of this so fast) and I didn't catch her via nuptial flight, I was walking with my dad and he found the log and the rest is history so sorry about the misinterpretations and confusion. Should I give her an option to feed though?


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#175 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 2:10 PM

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Queen Aphrodite stood up again! Looks like the heavenly colony she has made is getting back on track!


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#176 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 2:14 PM

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The Lasius queen has a name now; her name is Queen Tyche! 


(Tyche is the Greek goddess of chance and fortune)


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#177 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 3:06 PM

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Here's the queen I caught today


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Lasius aphidicola. Socially parasitic.

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#179 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 3:16 PM

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*sighs* Now I need to get the amber queen and I'm pretty sure she's in the same place but I'm not certain


and now she's heated up since it was 65 today. I have my work cut out for me


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#180 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 8 2020 - 3:52 PM

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I don't know if I'll keep the social parasite or not...any suggestions?


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